Descendants BenXMal One Shots

Waffles Hurt

April 17th, today was the day of Belle and Adam's 30th wedding anniversary. Mal wanted to do something special for the couple, after all, they accepted her into their kingdom and are a better replacement for Mal's broken parents. Mal wanted to cook a huge special breakfast with the help of Ben. Due to the anniversary falling on the bank holiday, all the Castle's staff had the day off, this meant that Ben and Mal had to cook. This wasn't a problem for Mal as she had an interest in cooking, but it was for Ben. He could give you food poisoning from pouring you a glass of water, he isn't that skilled. So, when Mal proposed this idea to Ben, he was a little hesitant but with the right guidance and several cookbooks, he could be the next MasterChef.

Mal dragged Ben from his Bedroom and into the kitchen. Mal chucked Ben an apron while he was searching through the lower cupboards for a cookbook or two. Once Ben found a cookbook and placed it on the counter, Mal started to flip through the pages to find something simple but delicious. "How about Waffles with Nut Butter and Bananas?" Ben asked. Mal looked at the picture that came with the recipe and it looked amazing and simple. Mal nodded her head in agreement and started to read through the ingredients. Ben started to collect everything from the cupboards as Mal read them out.

"Sugar?"

"Flour?"

"Salt?"

"Baking Powder?"

"Eggs?"

"Milk?"

"Normal Butter?"

"Vanilla Extract?"

"Almond Butter?

"Bananas?"

"Honey?"

When Mal finished calling out all the ingredients, Ben had successfully found them all and laid them all out in front of her, luckily Mrs. Potts had everything that the teens needed. Mal pulled a large bowl from the cupboard behind her and mixed the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar together. While she was waiting for the Waffle iron to heat.

While Mal was doing that, Ben started to Beat the eggs, add milk, the normal butter, and Vanilla. Then he grabbed the bowl from Mal and added his mixture to hers before beating it until it blended. Mal then took the batter off Ben started to Ladle it into the Waffle iron. Halfway through Cooking the waffles, some of the batter seemed to Seep out of the machine and pool on the counter. Mal didn't see the pool of Hot batter so when she went to start cutting the bananas, her hand plummeted into the hot, runny batter. Mal let out a yelp of pain. Ben dropped what he was doing and ran over to Mal. "Honey, what did you do?" Ben said, trying to grasp why she was in pain. Mal couldn't speak as she was a little in shock so she held her palm up to Ben's view to reveal a small burn. Ben's eyes widened, he gently grasped her wrist and pulled her over to the nearest tap. He turned on the cold water and forced Mal's hand under the water. They both stood around the tap for five minutes before Ben pulled her hand away. He bent down under the sink and pulled out a cold compress. "Here, put this on your burn, I'll finish the waffles, you just sit somewhere and look pretty" Mal was about to protest but then Ben pulled his sad puppy face, she wasn't going to compete against that. So, she took the compress and sat in the corner.

Ben rushed over to waffles and dished them onto a plate to let them start to cool down. He then took a scoop of Almond Butter and spread it across the two waffles. Then he popped the jar of honey open and drizzled it on top of the almond butter. Ben then finished cutting up Mal's Bananas and placed them onto the honey in a neat pattern. He finally topped it with a final drizzle of honey and placed the plates on a tray.

Ben then averted his attention back to Mal who was examining her burn. "Baby, I'm sorry, it might hurt for a while" Ben apologized as he wrapped his arms around Mal's waist. "Don't worry, it's my fault for not seeing the batter on the counter" Mal retaliated as she swung her arms around his neck. "But I should have warned you about it, I should have protected you from this" Ben's voice angered. Mal placed a quick kiss on Ben's cheek "Always going to be this protective of me Beasty?" Mal asked seductively. "Always" Ben replied. "Come on Beasty, I believe that we have a breakfast to give to someone's parents" Mal escorted Ben out of the kitchen with the plates ready to be served to the former rulers of Auradon.